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UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

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Berkeley, United States

The Best US Architecture Schools for 2016 are...

DesignIntelligence has released their 2016 rankings of the Best Architecture Schools in the US for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Nearly 1500 professional practice organizations were surveyed this year, as part of the survey's 16th edition, and were asked the following question: “In your firm’s hiring experience in the past five years, which of the following schools are best preparing students for success in the profession?”

This information, along with detailed accounts on the best programs that teach skills in design, communication, sustainability and technology, resulted in the 2016 rankings. The two top schools, Cornell for undergraduates and Harvard for graduates, held their positions as the best programs to attend, according to the study.

Without further ado, the top 10 undergraduate and graduate programs in the US are...

Chu Hall - Solar Energy Research Center / SmithGroup

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  • Architects: SmithGroup
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  39000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acralight

House in Valley Street / Baran Studio Architecture

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Berkeley, United States

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive to Open in 2016

As construction continues on its new home across from the UC Berkeley campus, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is finalizing plans for its first exhibition - Architecture of Life - in this location. The curvilinear structure, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with EHDD as executive architect, fuses old and new, outfitting what was the UC Berkeley printing plant with modern exhibition space, offices, and theaters to make it a focal point in Berkeley's downtown arts district.

More on the $112 million project after the break.

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Phoenix House / Anderson Anderson Architecture

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Berkeley, United States
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3700 ft²
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Sesco

Harmon / Baran Studio Architecture

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Berkeley, United States

Berkeley Courtyard House / WA Design

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Berkeley, United States
  • Architects: WA Design: WA design
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4880 ft²

The Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library at the University of California, Berkeley / Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

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Ed Roberts Campus / LMS Architects

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Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse / Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects

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Field Rupture / VeeV Design

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Photograph © Reid Yalom

A sculptural installation by VeeV Design, entitled Field Rupture, rests upon the courtyard of a 1950s modern house in Berkeley Hills, California. Since the installation is applied over the topological surface, the shifting ground conceptually pushes the surface vertically, and, as the name implies, this action causes the surface to “rupture.” Using a laser cutter to produce the digital fabrication, the sheet metal formation seems to burst from the ground as a “figure of two planes pushing against one another.”

Gravatt 48 / Debbas Architecture

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Berkeley, United States
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  320
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Trespa